State gives Cheshire land to allow for more development near new retail center

by Joelyn Leon | Jun 12, 2024 | Uncategorized

The state is giving Cheshire about 2.5 acres of a roughly seven-acre parcel at 1669 Highland Avenue, also called route 10, near the future home of Stone Bridge Crossing, according to a bill Gov. Ned Lamont recently signed. The 2.5 acres, which the state has not yet...

These 7 major road construction projects across CT could affect travel this summer

by Joelyn Leon | Jun 12, 2024 | Uncategorized

As of Monday, the Connecticut Department of Transportation was engaged in 180 construction projects in all corners of the state, according to an online database that is updated regularly by the agency. Hundreds of other projects are in the design phase prior to...

I-95 in CT is among America’s most congested roads. Here’s why there’s no ‘easy solution.’

by Joelyn Leon | Jun 12, 2024 | Uncategorized

Highway-closing accidents are nothing new on the I-95 corridor between Greenwich and New Haven, a 48-mile stretch of interstate built in the late 1950s and designed to handle less than half of today’s daily volume of about 150,000 vehicles. The 2023 INRIX Global...

$500 million of work begins at one of CT’s worst interchanges: ‘Everyone hates driving through here’

by Joelyn Leon | Jun 12, 2024 | Uncategorized

Located roughly near the geographic center of the state, the merger of three highways — Interstates 91 and 691, as well as state Route 15 — forms a sprawling interchange that carries an average of 260,000 vehicles every day. Tuesday’s groundbreaking was largely...

Lamont celebrates highway project amid industry frustration

by Joelyn Leon | Jun 12, 2024 | Uncategorized

Lamont and Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto of DOT hosted a groundbreaking marking the second phase of a three-phase plan for traffic mitigation and safety measures on the I-91, I-691 and Route 15 interchange in Meriden. The first two phases cost $135 million in state...